Set an AngularJS date filter format to be used by all references to the date filter?

Question

Rather that having to define a custom format for each call to the date filter, is there a way to globally define a default format (other than \'medium\'

Answer 1

Use a decorator,

It's not what you explicitly asked for, use a decorator. it's built in angular and designed to patch services, directives, filters etc ...

in your case, if the date filter is not provided, you should use your custom date format.

app.config(function ($provide) {
    $provide.decorator('dateFilter', function ($delegate) {
        return function () {

            // Check if the date format argument is not provided
            if (!arguments[1]) { 
                arguments[1] = 'dd MMMM @ HH:mm:ss';
            }

            var value = $delegate.apply(null, arguments);
            return value;
        };
    })
});